Sasha isn't disappointed with the silver medal. She is disappointed that she didn't skate her best. Gold, silver and bronze are just medals on a ribbion so at the end of the day it has to be about the process. Sasha may have been second best at the Olympics but she rather be "her" best as she won the silver medal.
Red Dog said:Exactly. Also, to expect her to be happy after she KNEW she could do much better in her FS, yet still won a medal, is i bit much maybe??
tarotx said:Sasha isn't disappointed with the silver medal. She is disappointed that she didn't skate her best. Gold, silver and bronze are just medals on a ribbion so at the end of the day it has to be about the process. Sasha may have been second best at the Olympics but she rather be "her" best as she won the silver medal.
slutskayafan21 said:Boo hoo, if it wasnt for the gift judging she wouldnt have even won silver. I feel very happy for Arakawa despite feeling dissapointed for Irina, and feel zero sympathy for Sasha, not one iota. Elvis Stojko in the CBC booth said he would have had Cohen 5th, that her scores were grossly inflated.
soogar said:She wasn't gifted. She tried the hardest program of the ladies and no one else skated up to par. I feel very bad that the US media can't depict her silver medal in a positive light like it did Kwan's. Maybe because the girl who beat her wasn't an American so they have to make it like Sasha let the country down. Sasha skated her best. It is extremely difficult to come back after two errors and stay with the program and nail everything else.
Regardless, I would loved to have seen spectacular programs from all three of the podium finishers.
soogar said:She wasn't gifted. She tried the hardest program of the ladies and no one else skated up to par. I feel very bad that the US media can't depict her silver medal in a positive light like it did Kwan's. Maybe because the girl who beat her wasn't an American so they have to make it like Sasha let the country down. Sasha skated her best. It is extremely difficult to come back after two errors and stay with the program and nail everything else.
I'm guessing it was all a convenient, unspoken excuse, cleverly designed to make her look like the brave little skater who tried so hard but once again came up short due to things beyond her control, IMVHO of course.orchid said:Moments before the Olympic program, Sahsa, who had eye contact with the TV camera, then repositioned her warm-up shirt and there it was, a Therma-wrap on her back.
Her thigh was wrapped too. TV commentators spoke of the "possible injury" she incurred the day before. Off she skated and blew the first 2 jumps, all the others were solid. I haven't read another word about any injury, have you?
In follow up interviews, she named all the medicines she may take but no real description of any injury to her leg,.
My question IS, on the day of the long program, was she injured or was the wrap a comfort depending upon the results?
RubyNV said:Figure skating will not be taken seriously when shows of emotion, no matter how genuine or fake, are part of the scores!!! If a batter smiles while hitting a home run, does it count for more? If a skier smiles while clocking the best time, does it count for more? Figure skating needs to be a sport first and foremost. Emotions can be icing on the cake, but they mustn't be assigned a score.
Save that for professional skating--or at least, whatever is left of professional skating!!